Combined feed rack and manger



(No Model.)

W. S. DOWNING.

COMBINED FEED RACK AND MANGER.

No. 310,261. Patented Jan. Y6, 1885.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

XVILLIAM S. DOXVNING, OF HALF MOON BAY, ASSIGNOR OF ONEQ- HALF TO GEORGEH. VALKER, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

COMBINED FEED RACK AND MANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,261, dated January6, 1885.

Application filed May 5, 1884.

.T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. DOWNING, of Half Moon Bay, county of SanMateo, and State of California, have invented an Improvement inaCombined Feed Rack and Manger; and I hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to combined feed racks and mangers; and it consistsin the peculiar 1o construction and arrangement of devices, all

of which I shall hereinafter more fully describe by reference to theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of myfeed rack and manger. Fig. 2 is a plan of thesame,

portions of the slats being broken away.

The feed rack or manger is a square upright frame consisting of fourcorner posts, A, connected at the top by cross-pieces g, properly 2otenoned or nailed to said posts. At a proper distance from the bottom ofsaid posts crosspieces g are nailed, or otherwise fastened, to form asupport for a iioor, a. laid thereon. On the door thus laid strips h arenailed in the 2 5 form of a square, and to said strips and crosspieces gupwardly-extending slats c are secured, forming the rack C. Around theposts A a siding, b, having a flaring top or rim, Zi, is nailed,orotherwise fastened, the lower edge 3o of said siding being on a linewith the lower side of the floor forming the manger B. The hay or otherfood is placed in the rack. This rack and manger is intended principallyfor outside use, and may of course be provided witha rough roof forinclement weather; or it may be placed under permanent cover, providedsufficient space be left for reaching it from al1 sides. Its principaladvantage is the facility it aHords for reaching it and the num- .io berof animals which can feed from it at one time. Instead of having, as is`usually the (No model.)

case with stall-racks, but one side at which the animals may feed, ithas four sides,and a number of cattle may approach and feed from it atonce. Its great capacity is another advantage, for, being intended foroutside use,

it can be made sufficiently large to hold a great quantity of hay--sayhalf a ton, or more without being too cumbersome, as al1 the availablespace is utilized. The top of the sur- 5o rounding manger, it will beseen, projects beyond the vertical plane of the top of the sides of therack, and therefore in pulling out the hay, whatever portion is droppedfalls into the manger, instead of on the ground. Thus 5 5 none of thefeed is lost. This rack is suitable also for feeding Vegetables tocattle, and it is high enough to be out of the way of hogs. Beingoutside, horses, when harnessed to a vehicle, can be driven up toit tofeed without 6o having the trouble of unhitching them.

I am aware of Patents Nos. 62, 552, of 1867, 247,917, of 1881, and263,876, of 1882, and do not claim the features and construction thereinshown and described.

Having thus described my invention, what I Y claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A feed rack and manger consisting of the corner posts, A,withcross-pieces g and g at top 7o and bottom, the door a, the strips h,nailed or otherwise fastened to said iioor, upward1y-l ari ng slats c,secured to the cross-pieces g and strips la, and the siding b, havingthe iiaring top or rim b', substantially as herein described. 7 5

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

VILLIAM S. DOVNING.

Vitnesses WILLIAM PRINGLE, J. H. MANSEIELD.

